Big 12 picks: Hoping for another strong week

With all of the Big 12 teams involved in top 25 matchups on Saturday, we’ve released all of our picks for the conference for this week.

Here they are again, along with our record from last week, which was a little better than our picks for the nation.

No. 7 Kansas State 48, Kansas 10 (plus-23½) 10: Bill Snyder has owned Kansas in the “Governor’s Cup” over the years, claiming 16 victories in 20 games against the Jayhawks. His current streak is three over KU.

No. 11 Texas 38, No. 8 West Virginia (minus-6½) 28: The Mountaineers can’t afford the defensive maladies that marked their 70-63 victory over Baylor. And Geno Smith will be facing something called a pass rush at times in Saturday’s game.

No. 15 TCU 24, Iowa State (plus-13½) 20: Iowa State’s gritty defense has played well for most of the season. They should figure to provide some challenges for TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin in his first college start.

No. 17 Oklahoma 31, Texas Tech (plus-6) 21: Hard to imagine who is facing more pressure with Saturday’s game: Landry Jones or Josh Heupel. Look for the Sooners to try to involve Damien Williams early and often in the running game as they try for their first victory at Jones AT&T Stadium since 2003.